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4 Day trip to Rome, visiting the sights of Angels and Demons (2/2).
The famous Pantheon.
Its nearly 2000 years old.
From inside the Pantheon, the light floods in through a hole in the ceiling.
The roof is quite amazing, as on the outside its triangular, and on the inside, its cone shaped.
In the evening, we go for an authentic Italian meal (it was delicious) and practice the popular Italian hobby of people watching.
The Trevi fountain.
Was lovely to look at, but when we got there in the afternoon, it was completely packed with people.
The Spanish steps.
The sun was out, the whole of the time that we were in Italy (obviously apart from at night :).
After a day exploring, we get a taxi back to our hotel.
The only thing that I did not like about Rome, was the traffic.
Here our taxi is "cut up" on both sides simultaneously by 2 mopeds.
I was terrified, but the taxi driver, seemed hardly to notice.
The Neptune fountain (one of three famous fountains there) in the Piazza Navona). With all the hustle and bustle, it was exactly as I had imagined it to be.
The final point of our walk around Rome, we visit the Colosseum.
It was much bigger then I expected it too be.
Castle Sant’Angelo
Its featured extensively, in the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, the author of the Davinci Code.
There is a passage way that connects it to the Vatican (Pope Clement VII, used this passageway to escape the Vatican, when it was attacked).
We go into the Castle, have a few beers and relax.
I would like to thank Ash, Paul and Sarah for an amazing trip.
Next stop, Berlin.
